hi friends

Once I get the book in the mail, I am going to be starting this diet called Body Ecology. The diet helps restore and maintain your “inner eco-system” by introducing your intestines to “good bacteria”. These bacteria can be obtained from foods such as yogurt, kefir, miso, kombucha, aged cheese, sauerkraut, and other fermented vegetables. Eating these in conjunction with other foods–called prebiotics, which “feed” these good bacteria,–leads to better gastrointestinal function, which supposedly cures everything from “immune function, inflammation, chronic bowel diseases, allergies and asthma, and yeast infections.” (from the book The Probiotics Revolution by Gary B. Huffnagle) Fortunately, I am lucky enough to not be afflicted with any of these problems, but I wanted to do this diet anyways. For one thing, I am currently on antibiotics for an ear infection I’ve had for a few months. As you might know, antibiotics work by wiping out ALL the bacteria in your body, good and bad. So by the time I finish this 10-day supply of Cipro, I imagine that my intestines will look like the charred and smoldering remains of an old-growth forest. Thumbs down! Also, a friend of mine has been doing it for nearly a year with good results. Last semester I would always sit at the big kitchen table, eating baked ziti I had cooked at home and watching her put together these bizarre yet intriguing lunches; Coconut oiland salmon? Dulse chips? RAW MILK????? Yeah, it was weird…and interesting…and not for me. But still!! Interesting…